At UC Davis today farmers and environmentalists are gathering at a summit to discuss ways agriculture can be used to combat climate change.

As part of the summit organizers are releasing a report which
calls for cap and trade funds from California's Global Warming
Solutions Act, AB32, to be used to fund solar collectors on farms
and to help farmers to make the transition to organic crops.

RENATA BRILLINGER: "The research is showing increasingly
that organic farming has some of the greatest potential to store
carbon. The whole system of organic farming and other
sustainable practices that come out of the organic toolbox, they
all really focus on soil building."

Brillinger says that keeping carbon in the soil rather than
letting it escape into the atmosphere makes for healthier crops and
combats global warming.

Listen to the full interview with Renata
Brillinger on the connection between agriculture and climate
change: